Vehicle-tongue.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

J. B. HARRAL.

VEHICLE TONGUE. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 1, 190e.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VEHICLE-TONGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application med Mach 1, 1906. seria No. 303,697.

To aJ/Z whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JAMEs B. IIARRAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evert, in the county of White and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tongues; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in devices to be attached to the tongues or poles of vehicles to adjustably retain the neckyokes thereon.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction, which may be quickly applied to a vehicle tongue or pole of any description and which will be very efficient for the purpose intended.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the tongue iron or device. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the front end of a vehicle tongue or pole and the device secured thereon, and Fig. 3 is a detail vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved tongue-iron, which is adapted to be secured upon the front end of a vehicle tongue or pole 2 of any description. The device 1 is, as shown, formed from a single strip of fiat metal rod, which is bent upon itself adjacent to its center to form a loop 3, located at the extreme end of the tongue 2, and upper and lower substantially parallel arms 4 5, which respectively engage the upper and lower faces of the tongue. The lower arm 5 is provided upon its under face with a longitudinally-extending series of forwardly-projecting stop-hooks 6, which are suitably spaced ap art and are formed by doubling and bending the strip of metal, as clearly shown in the drawings. In rear'of the rearmost hook is a straight downwardlyextending safety projection or catch 7, which is also formed by bending the metal strip upon itself, as shown. The upper and lower arms or members 4 5 of the device are retained upon the tongue 2, preferably by vertical bolts or similar fastenings 8 9, located adjacent to the front and rear ends of the device and passed through alining openings 10 and 1], formed, respectively, in the arms 4 5 and the tongue 2.

The use, construction, and advantage of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that the device is of exceedingly simple, durable, and inexpensive construction and that it may be readily applied to either old or new tongues of any description.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the character described formed from a strip of metal bent upon itself adjacent to its center to form the loop 3 and upper and lower arms 4, 5, the latter arm being doubled and bent to form the hooks and projection 7, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a vehicle tongue or pole ofthe device 1 formed from a strip of metal bent upon itself adjacent to its center to form the loop 3 and the substantially parallel upper and lower arms 4, 5, which respectively engage the upper and lower faces of the tongue, the lower arm 5 having the hooks 6 and the projection 7 formed by folding and bending the same, as shown, and fastening-bolts or the like passed through alining' openings in said arms and in said tongue, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES B. HARRAL.

Witnesses:

JAMES GUrsE, ROBERT H. GOODMAN. 

